US EditionPort Sudan Endures Third Day of Drone Strikes in Escalating Civil War
- The Rapid Support Forces launched a third day of drone strikes on Port Sudan, an army-held Red Sea port city, in early May 2025.
- These strikes followed the RSF's loss of Khartoum in March and their increased reliance on long-range drones amid a three-year civil war.
- The attacks struck critical sites such as the primary naval base located just outside Port Sudan, the largest fuel storage facility, the main electricity plant, and the city’s only operational international airport.
- Authorities reported air defenses shot down 15 drones overnight, while tens of thousands of civilians fled, with one saying, "We have no choice but to leave."
- On May 6, Sudan’s military-led administration announced it was cutting diplomatic relations with the UAE, accusing the country of providing the RSF with Chinese-made weapons in breach of a UN arms embargo.
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The heavens weep as humanity watches Sudan starve – The Mail & Guardian
The skies over Sudan are pregnant with the promise of rain, but for millions, this is not a promise of life, but a chilling harbinger of death. The guns have fallen silent only in their ability to drown out the cries of the starving, the hollow coughs of children whose bellies are swollen with emptiness. While the world’s attention flickers and fades, Sudan teeters not on the brink of a crisis, but on the precipice of a man-made abyss, a famine …
Lifesaving medical services are urgently needed in war-torn Khartoum
Lifesaving medical services are urgently needed in war-torn Khartoum MSF teams have returned to south Khartoum to respond to a growing cholera outbreak and other urgent medical needs. Leila Rafei May 9 2025, 6:55am “Our team in Bashair Hospital have been working to ensure that the 20-bed cholera treatment unit is ready to receive patients,” said Slaymen Ammar, MSF medical coordinator for Sudan. “Training for over 60 hospital staff members has …
Port Sudan hit by drone attacks
The NewsDrone strikes hit a Sudanese army stronghold that has been the main gateway for international aid into the conflict-wracked country. Khartoum blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for carrying out days of attacks on Port Sudan, which has escaped the worst of Sudan’s civil war and become a refuge for displaced families and aid workers. In addition to worsening the country’s humanitarian catastrophe, the strikes will “deepen regiona…
UN calls for urgent action to end Sudan conflict amid surge in drone strikes
UN humanitarian personnel called for an end to the “brutal” conflict in Sudan on Wednesday as drone strikes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) increased. The UN urged an immediate cessation of hostilities and all measures to protect civilians and infrastructure in accordance with international humanitarian law. Echoing previous UN calls for an end to the conflict, UN Resident and Humanitarian …
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Amnesty says UAE supplying Sudan paramilitaries with Chinese weapons
Chinese-made weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates have been identified with Sudan's paramilitaries, Amnesty International said Thursday, as drone attacks prompted civilians to flee the army-held aid hub of Port Sudan.
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